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Here is the latest South Carolina news from The Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) âone space€one space” The Oklahoma Supreme Court says it will consider the custody dispute over a 3-year-old Cherokee girl. Dusten Brown of Oklahoma has been fighting a South Carolina couple, Matt and Melanie Capobianco, over custody of Veronica, who turns 4 tomorrow. ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” An Orangeburg school district is hitting the pavement to…

SC launching ‘healthy outcomes’ initiative

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Hospitals statewide are working with free- and low-cost health clinics to improve the lives of thousands of South Carolina’s chronically ill residents who don’t have insurance. The state’s “healthy outcomes initiative” starts next month and involves hospitals reaching out to uninsured patients who frequently seek care in emergency rooms. They are also collaborating with…

Clemson University senior killed in truck crash

ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” The Calhoun County coroner says a 21-year-old woman on her way to a wedding has died in a crash that threw her and two others from a truck. The Herald of Rock Hill reports (http://bit.ly/15tjVeH) Coroner Donnie Porth said 21-year-old Sara Ann Comer of Hickory Grove died from internal injuries suffered in Saturday…

US Sen. Rand Paul making another trip to SC

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is returning to South Carolina this week, making his second trip here in as many months. On Monday, the Kentucky Republican is holding a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan in Anderson. The state is home to the South’s first presidential primary voting. In June, Paul met with tea party-leaning activists and…